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It’s open gates for SANPark!
Regardless of your beliefs of the beginning you cannot argue that once upon a time we (well, our ancestors) lived in a place called 'The Wild'. And just how far have we gone from it? We swapped our caves for houses (fair trade) and our skins for suits (that’s fine), but I wouldn’t swap the wildlife and parks for the world. For sure I am accustomed to my new environment, and I don’t think that I could swing from tree to tree hunting down a Jane, but isn’t it nice to get out there for a while? SANParks have recently announced that ...
Blood Sweat & Gears! Adventure Travel in SA
We are all different. Some like to sit down by the fire, others like to jump in it. If you have been reading this blog, you should be following my tweets (do it now, click-ity click here), and you should know that I cheep about South African tourism and travel (mixed in with the occasional fallen comments). Today I felt like writing something a little different. Maybe I was spurred on by my guilty gut telling me I need to get more active, or maybe it’s been the OD of sport in the media...but how great is it that Adventure Tourism is such ...
Flexi Club Ahoy
Our fans disappeared as we rounded the mouth of the harbour. The goodbyes were gone. Soon we were totally alone, no matter where we looked there were vast voids of streaky waves. White horses lapped up the side of the Melody like suds at a carwash. I lapped up the sun and earned the worst short tan ever (This is probably why the Irish never colonised anything). This was my trip on the MSC Melody, and my first time at sea. Even though I had never been at sea (I once watched Titanic, if that counts) I quickly grew a pair of sea ...
Living in a Box of Trees
Just the other day I tweeted a link to a box. This was not an ordinary box, it was a ‘magical’ box made out of mirrors. And what does it do? It fooled you into thinking you were some place else! Jokes and smoke aside, along the streets of Amsterdam stands a box called the ‘Unlimited Urban Woods’ enclosing a ‘forest’ as far as the eye can see. It is not the architectural feat that sparks my interest, but the social comment I draw out of such a land mark. How detached from reality are we exactly? As my colleague Bradley recently ...
The Hermanus Horn
Along the south shores of the Western Cape, a man stands blowing a horn… made of kelp. Between short blasts he moves among viewpoints, patrolling the shoreline for submerged bodies. His top hat stands proudly. Around his neck rests a sandwich board, tallying up the beasts he has seen today. The Worlds only Whale Crier, Zolile Baleni, helps direct tourists on their ‘pilgrimage’ to Hermanus. Previously known as Hermanuspietersfontein (say that in a rush), Hermanus draws hundreds of whale watchers every year. From June through to November every year, Southern Right whales gather off of Hermanus to mate and calve in Walker ...
A touch of Greece
Ashley Johnson has the following to say about Club Mykonos Langebaan “Hi All I just want to thank you for getting us such an awesome place at Club Mykonos. The place had everything we needed for our break, it was beyond our expectations and their services were outstanding as well. My family and I had [...]
Continue reading...14. March 2012
West Coast Service
The Jabaar family enjoyed Port Owen Marina “I’ve recently been to Port Owen Marina, which I never heard of before, and was totally impressed with the facilities and services we received. My family and I will definitely recommend this most beautiful destination with its scenic views to any one. Perfect getaway from a busy life [...]
Continue reading...12. March 2012
High praise for Flexi Club and Breakers
We recently received the following feedback regarding the Breakers resort in Umhlanga. Thank you to the Coetzee family for sharing their holiday experience with us and fellow members. “Just wanted to share with you how impressed we were with BREAKERS, at Umhlanga Rocks during our stay there, last month. The staff were all so friendly [...]
Continue reading...7. February 2012
Thanks to Dawie and Karin for another great letter to our members stories.
Good day to you. We hope this finds you keeping well. I did not know who to address this e-mail to as Sunera Pillayis no longer at Flexi Club. I dealt with Sunera for many years. We decided to take my husband’s brother and his wife away for a few days as they had very [...]
Continue reading...14. March 2012
A touch of Greece
Ashley Johnson has the following to say about Club Mykonos Langebaan “Hi All I just want to thank you for getting us such an awesome place at Club Mykonos. The place had everything we needed for our break, it was beyond our expectations and their services were outstanding as well. My family and I had [...]
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14. March 2012
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